The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
A few evergroens planted here and

there add greatly to the beauty ofa farm.
Recent experiments seem TO show that
eggs will keep in fair condition from
! June to November packed in salt, and
that It Is quite as good as the lime and
salt pickle commonly used.
Never clean horses in the stable; the
dust fouls their crib, makes them dis
gusted with their food, and vitiatos the
atmosphere, which should be kept health
ful by every means at command.
For gapes put ten drops spirits turpon-
tine in a pint of water, and give no other
/ LIQUID to the chicks to drink. Put a
teaspoonful of turpentine in a quart of
corn meal and feed. Turpentine instant
ly destroys the cape worm.
The best way to break horse from
baking is to beat him at his own game!
/ Tire him out by humoring and enforcing
/ his freak, even il it continue all night
1t is trying remedy, not to say severe,
| but IL will succeed in the end, which fact
should render perseverance a desidcr-
atum.
A woman chicken fancier says: l have
raised chicks for twenty years and know
whereof l affirm when / say they will
| grow we'll enough on corn meal mixed
with milk, provided they have clean
quarters and plenty of range. have had
/ the same breed lay months earlier than
my ncighbor, who fed boiled eggs. &c.
A mess OF feed given to a COW while she is
being MIXED draws her attention and she
will not hold up the milk as cows are apt
/ to do when the calf is taken from them.
/ The milking Gun be done more thoroughly
| as well as quicker, when the cow is
! quietly feeding. And if fed cabbage or
/ turnips at this time the odor will not effect
the milk
The following is given as a good prep
aration fer the destruction of the beetle
of potato bug: Take three pounds of
lime, slake, and add six to eight gallons
of water and tablespoonful of concen-
trated lye. Mix all together and apply
to the vines with common sprinkler.
1t will work like q charm, one or two
applications completely ridding the patch
of the beetles and Larvae.
Perhaps no family of insects is more
widely distributed or more generally de-
structive and better known than plant
lice. These pests do not content them
selves with any single part of plant.
Some work on the roots and sap the vital
ity Of the herb or tree; others draw their
nourishment from the stems and twigs
and thus blight the plants; still others
suck the vitality from bud and foliage. A
few work on both roots and leaves.
Most cultivated vegetables, grains and
trees have their characteristic plant
house enemies,
All af nAr Ia,,4abAin fav,r1- oEa ,,sof,,1
but In varying degrees ,hd different di-
rections. No classification upon their
useful qualities can be made which will
be complete. The following, however,
by the Poultrg World, will be of value to
many readers; Egg producers-Leg.
horns, Hamburgs, Russians, Minorcas,
Black Spanish, Polish and Andalusian.
Table fowls-Dorking Hondares, La
Fleche, Games. Crevecours, Brahmas
Cochins, Langshans. General utility
| fowls-Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes,
Javas Dominiques. But all such classi
fications are far from complete, for some
. of the table fowls are excellent layers
and some of the great egg producers arc
fitted to satisfy the taste of an epicure.
The Seneca Lake grape growers recon-
mend early plowing as a means of retain
ing moisture in the soil. An old vine
yard docs not require manure close tc
the vines, as the small roots are found
nearer the centre of the rows; but young
vineyards should be manured close to the
vine and plowed close. Flowing AWAY
from the vines and then leveling with
the cultivator are advisable. Hand hoe
ing n rist be avoided. Vines should bt
kept in good condition in dry weather by
! stirring the soil frequently, which serve:
also to gather the ammonia from the
, atmosphere. Vineyards on clay soil re
E quire more cultivation. Cutting tn,
vines in summer is thought to be in iuri
| Gus, although good fruit is grown in an
J old vineyard where it was necessary tC
! do this, as the trellises were not sufiicien
to keep the fruit from the ground. On,
: grower SAID that his Isabella vineyard
Il had been in bearing twenty-five year
and still produced good fruit
! Some horses have habit, when fright
: ened by strange objects which they NEE
: upon the road of turning around 81
, abruptly as TO endanger the occupants o
= the carriage, if four wheeled vehicle
Colts, when first harnessed if driven t,
a certain point and turned around, Otter
insist upon repeating the trick every tim
they reach that particular spot The,
. generally turn in the same direction
every time. The simplest remedy that W,
have heard for breaking up this habit
: says the Cultirator, is to take light
strong bamboo fishpole, fasten the smal
d end to the ring of the bit upon the sid,
toward which the animal is accustomed
r to turn. Bring the other end of tn
pole back into the carriage. When tn,
Il youngster attempts the turning feat pus
upon the pole with sufficient force to pre-
, vent his carrying out his purpose. Thi
may not work in all cases where the ami
nal isfully grown, and has been addicte
d to the habit for long time, but it wi
break up the habit in a majority of case
d when taken in season.
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